Vaclau Lastouski, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Vaclau Lastouski

Belarusian academic and politician

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1883

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1938

Profession: writer, politician, historian, translator, journalist, opinion journalist, literary scholar

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Vaclau Justynavic Lastouski (['vats?aw ?as'towsci]; Belarusian: ?????? ????????? ?????????, Russian: ??´???? ????´????? ?????´?????, Polish: Waclaw Lastowski; 1883 – 1938) was a Belarusian critic, historian of literature, and politician. He was a member of Council of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.
He had published many books about Belarus, and recognized the right of the people of Belarus to self-determination.
Such books as "History of Belarusian (Krivichian) book", and "Short history of Belarus" propagandized the idea. In late 1918 Lastouski became a member of the Council of Lithuania.From 1919 to 1923 he was the prime-minister of the BDR and initiator of a dissolution of its exiled government which, in turn, did not mean a dissolution of the Council of the BDR, its parliament in exile.
Lastowski was also a member of the Academy of sciences of Belarus. In 1938 he was arrested by the NKVD within the Case of the Union of Liberation of Belarus.
He was sentenced to dispatch, but was seized and shot by the Soviets. He was married to writer Marija Ivanauskaite–Lastauskiene.